Yes, but we tried both 2.6.24 and 2.6.25-rc, so Peter's newwrite-throttling code doesn't seem to help much in our situtation. I'llplay a bit with the various /proc/sys/vm/* knobs to see if that makesthe system more responsive.> Also, check to see if the 3ware controller has a background initialize> or verify in progress, since that will obviously slow things down until> it is complete.

That's certainly not the case.

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